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or cincinnati, or do you know? >> i don't of any reasonably that came from cincinnati. are finally office is out in utah and in the washington office is who we been dealing with. >> mr. chairman, i think we should try to figure out where, perhaps inspector general has that information which we speed up this process on this investigation. of where this information was leaked from because obviously that would dispel the cincinnati narrative that is out there. ms. martinek, the irs agent who handled your case is ms. richards? >> that is correct. >> does ms. richards have a first in? >> she never gave a first name. >> okay. did you correspond with any of the irs agent about your gay? >> i did not, but our attorney sally did. >> okay but could you provide the names of those you correspond with to this committee? >> yes. >> did ms. richards ever indicate she was discussing your case or seeking guidance from anyone else in the irs? >> she did a couple times, put me on hold, and then she said i'm going to check with my supervisors. >> so you don't know the name of? >> she never
or cincinnati, or do you know? >> i don't of any reasonably that came from cincinnati. are finally office is out in utah and in the washington office is who we been dealing with. >> mr. chairman, i think we should try to figure out where, perhaps inspector general has that information which we speed up this process on this investigation. of where this information was leaked from because obviously that would dispel the cincinnati narrative that is out there. ms. martinek, the irs...
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i would just tell you, this is not a problem in cincinnati. this is problem that is deep in the bowels of this government. if at some point we can not stop this culture of fear, this government sponsored fear, then we are really coming up short on what the oath is that we took, and we didn't take it for the republican party. i'm so sick of hearing, oh, it is about republicans or democrats. this is about america. this is basically who we are. we took the oath of office not to defend the rights of republicans or democrats or lib tear yoons or those that want to live here to be left alone. we took an oath to defend our constitution. i really applaud you for what you're doing today. do not give up on this because i think the idea, if you can stall them long enough, if you can drive their costs high enough, cost me 60 grand in legal fees to get my deepership back, i was told by member of congress the system allowed you to get it back. oh my goodness. i was able to get back from what the government stole from me. isn't that a novel idea? thank you f
i would just tell you, this is not a problem in cincinnati. this is problem that is deep in the bowels of this government. if at some point we can not stop this culture of fear, this government sponsored fear, then we are really coming up short on what the oath is that we took, and we didn't take it for the republican party. i'm so sick of hearing, oh, it is about republicans or democrats. this is about america. this is basically who we are. we took the oath of office not to defend the rights...
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so, we've conducted interviews with some of the key cincinnati irs employees and they have confirmed that to be true. does any part of your 40 day report contradicted this recent letter and finding by the inspector general? >> no, i don't think any part of that contradicts it. with our report determines is that there is diversity and the types of political organizations that were accounted for on the list and that is all that is on our list. >> and only the conservative ki party groups who were referred for extra scrutiny; isn't that correct at this point? >> that's what we know so far. i think that is what the evidence points to so far. but as you have mentioned in your opening remarks we are in the early stages of this spigot and there is more investigation that needs to be done to answer that very question. >> the inspector general is doing a thorough investigation that in the recent letter he sent us, he said he found no evidence to date and the report doesn't contradict that today i would ask unanimous consent to place in the record the entire letter that was received on june 26
so, we've conducted interviews with some of the key cincinnati irs employees and they have confirmed that to be true. does any part of your 40 day report contradicted this recent letter and finding by the inspector general? >> no, i don't think any part of that contradicts it. with our report determines is that there is diversity and the types of political organizations that were accounted for on the list and that is all that is on our list. >> and only the conservative ki party...
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we've learned that these abuses went far beyond two rogue employees in the cincinnati field office and that the i.r.s. headquarters in washington was involved as well. of course the initial story that this was confined to a couple of self-starters and free agents in cincinnati was laughable. we've all known bureaucracies enough to know that no one, particularly at a lower to midlevel, instigates any sort of initiative as bold and as toxic as this without some sort of approval from on high, whether it's implicit or explicit. we've now learned that senior officials in the i.r.s. knew about these abuses at least two years ago, and yet failed to notify congress or the public. we've learned that one activist in texas, one of my colleagues, catherine englebreak in houston, texas, was targeted by multiple federal agencies, including the i.r.s., the f.b.i., the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and osha. we've also learned that the environmental protection agency is yet another agency that has discriminated against political organizations that they don't happen to agree with. we've learn
we've learned that these abuses went far beyond two rogue employees in the cincinnati field office and that the i.r.s. headquarters in washington was involved as well. of course the initial story that this was confined to a couple of self-starters and free agents in cincinnati was laughable. we've all known bureaucracies enough to know that no one, particularly at a lower to midlevel, instigates any sort of initiative as bold and as toxic as this without some sort of approval from on high,...
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i also want to disclose a happen to represent cincinnati ohio where some of the allegations of the apparent rogue employees acting on their own originated. but my question, let me begin, the irs is privy to our citizens most sensitive the reformation and is tasked with implying somewhat in the fair and impartial way? you would agree? >> yes been active members of the tea party group received a letter asking pretty invasive questions i believe to provide facebook and twitter information and they specifically mentioned a gentleman by the name of justin just an ordinary citizen who did not have any connection with that had received the inquiry and he got no notification and also questions about providing of this about the issues that were important to that organization and to they wanted to know what there position was regarding such i am very to target conservative groups with that line of questioning and the request for information i believe it is more like harassment rather than the appropriate inquiry after the 501(c)4 status inquiries. the attorney general announced after may 14 he ordere
i also want to disclose a happen to represent cincinnati ohio where some of the allegations of the apparent rogue employees acting on their own originated. but my question, let me begin, the irs is privy to our citizens most sensitive the reformation and is tasked with implying somewhat in the fair and impartial way? you would agree? >> yes been active members of the tea party group received a letter asking pretty invasive questions i believe to provide facebook and twitter information...
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cincinnati office is almost cut off from d.c. not entirely, but these different offices around the country, and it seems to me, you know, it's tough. they've got 90,000 employees. it's tough to manage them all. but it's not managed well, and there does need to be significant restructuring in the irs, and whether that means congress has to do it, i don't think -- i don't know. but clearly within the agency itself, there's got to be some major accountability changes and get, make sure people are held accountable, not just left to go in their own direction. >> we're going to get the truth. >> yeah. >> and we're going to hold people accountable when we get the truth. >> we don't have all the information yet. >> you both have, are the only people outside of the irs that have the power to get certain information under 6103. are you using that power? have you found anything through that yet? >> are we're beginning to use it, yes. >> yes, we are. >> jim? >> senator baucus, is there a danger of a race to the bottom in terms of the corpora
cincinnati office is almost cut off from d.c. not entirely, but these different offices around the country, and it seems to me, you know, it's tough. they've got 90,000 employees. it's tough to manage them all. but it's not managed well, and there does need to be significant restructuring in the irs, and whether that means congress has to do it, i don't think -- i don't know. but clearly within the agency itself, there's got to be some major accountability changes and get, make sure people are...
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the cincinnati office is almost cut off from d.c., not entirely but are these different offices around the country. it seems to me, it's tough. you've got 90,000 employees. it's tough to manage them all. but it's not managed well. there does need to be significant restructuring at the irs and whether that means congress has to think, i've nobody clearly within the agency itself is got to be some major accountability changes and make sure people are healthy, not just left in no direction spent we're going to get to the truth are going to hold people accountable to get to the to. >> we don't have all the information you. >> the only people outside of the artist have the power to get certain information are using that power and have you done anything through that? >> we are beginning to use them yes. we are. >> is the danger of -- [inaudible]. in a situation like island where a lot of u.s. corporate income finds itself, they seem to be willing to trade investment and job creation for income from taxation. meaning if we got, isn't there a chance that the rest of our competitors will take i
the cincinnati office is almost cut off from d.c., not entirely but are these different offices around the country. it seems to me, it's tough. you've got 90,000 employees. it's tough to manage them all. but it's not managed well. there does need to be significant restructuring at the irs and whether that means congress has to think, i've nobody clearly within the agency itself is got to be some major accountability changes and make sure people are healthy, not just left in no direction spent...
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chairman of michigan said the committee has begun interviewing employees from the irs taxexempt office in cincinnati. this is three and a half hours.
chairman of michigan said the committee has begun interviewing employees from the irs taxexempt office in cincinnati. this is three and a half hours.
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14th the treasury inspector general released a report finding the exempt organization field office in cincinnati, ohio use inappropriate criteria to identify further review applications from organizations that plan to engage in political activity which may mean they did not qualify for tax exemption. on that same day the department of justice launched an investigation into the matters described in the inspector general's report. addition members of this committee have accused me of providing false information when i responded to questions about the irs processing of applications for tax exemption. i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws, i have not violated any irs rules or regulations and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. while i would very much like to answer the committee's questions today i have been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. after very careful consideration, i have decided to follow my counsel's advice and not te
14th the treasury inspector general released a report finding the exempt organization field office in cincinnati, ohio use inappropriate criteria to identify further review applications from organizations that plan to engage in political activity which may mean they did not qualify for tax exemption. on that same day the department of justice launched an investigation into the matters described in the inspector general's report. addition members of this committee have accused me of providing...